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This week's reviews: It's magic, you know

By: Jared Rutecki

The Columbus Dispatch - May 31, 2013 10:27 AM

Magic, much like sausage, is more pleasurable when you don't see it being made. This maxim is
clear in
Now You See Me, a heist film centered around magicians that takes viewers behind the
curtain in a way that makes the story lose its magic.

The tricks performed by actors Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco as
part of a bank robbery don't seem so magical when executed on the silver screen. The plot of
Now You See Me is captivating, but the illusions fall flat. The performances by FBI agent
Mark Ruffalo and magic expert Morgan Freeman are strong, but the lack of character development
limits the interest level in the film's star players.

The biggest shortcoming with
Now You See Me, according to critic Roger Moore, is that it has to explain nearly
everything that happens in excrutiating detail.

"For all its showmanship,
Now You See Me has a lot less up its sleeve than it lets on," Moore
said in his review.